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StokedSiren Management Founder and President Erin Bruce, is also the Talent Buyer for the Pacific Northwest's premier music festival The Summer Meltdown. The Summer Meltdown is a multi-day grassroots music festival hosted by Terra Roots in collaboration with Seattle band FLOWMOTION. Terra Roots is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization cultivating social connections and a sustainable future by supporting northwest arts.The ninth annual festival returns August 14-16, with it's annual on-site Kick-off Party August 13, to the beautiful Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater in Darrington, WA, nestled in the foothills of the Cascade mountains.
Anchored and headlined by the stellar talent of FLOWMOTION – a Seattle rock band quickly rising to national stature – this year’s Meltdown features a rich blend of over 25 national acts and local independent favorites. Featuring national musicians like Jackie Greene, Tony Furtado and his band, BLVD, and Canadian Kings of Funk, Five Alarm Funk. The festival also offers a diverse sampling of local independent acts like Vicci Martinez Band, Left Hand Smoke, Kristen Ward and North Twin. Stay tuned for additional lineup announcements. Previous lineups have included: Tea Leaf Green, Yard Dogs Road Show, Buckethead, The Everyone Orchestra featuring Steve Kimock & Dan Lebowitz, Bill Frisell, Sky Cries Mary, Garaj Mahal, Critters Buggin' Trio, Zilla, That 1 Guy, Dave Brogan Band, ON THE ONE, March Fourth Marching Band, and Vince Herman, to name only a few. In addition to the impressive line-up and the fellowship of good people – over 3,500 people attended the festival last year – festival co-producer Terra Roots Foundation brings back the Green Village with exhibits like “Building with Cob” and environmental and social outreach. The foundation is a non-profit advocating Sustainable Living, Responsible Action and Creating Community through grants to local musicians and artists and community organizations. To that end, the Third Annual Meltdown Food Drive will benefit Darrington Community Services and Food Bank, and the foundation will give support to the Darrington Family Support and Resource Center. 2008's festival was also the first festival on Washington to run entirely on bio-diesel.
The festival encourages families to join in the fun with a dedicated kid’s play and activity area, an organized parade leading to a special show by the wonderful Recess Monkey, the Little Seahorse Showcase (young people performing live) and more. The spacious campsites stay cool beneath tall cedars, kids like to splash in the stream on the grounds, and everyone looks up to the glacier-capped Whitehorse Mountain, looming over all. The continued efforts of the Meltdown organizers and volunteers has resulted in a strange twist. What remains the very definition of a homegrown, grassroots affair – in its first year the festival was held on a friend’s property on San Juan island, and since then it has built and outgrown several locations -- has produced a cadre of seasoned veterans, pros with eight years of festival production under their belt. It’s an elite group of outfits that has that kind of experience, and it shows. The Summer Meltdown has quietly grown into the biggest camping festival in Western Washington. Traditionally, this event has been a celebration of art, life and community. Flowmotion’s Josh Clauson says “Meltdown is based on coming together, renewing the sense of community – the idea of ‘all one people’ becomes reality for a weekend, and people carry that with them when they leave.”
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